Apparatus for honing roller bearing cup members



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GIF. JOHNSON APPARATUS Foil HONING ROLLER BEARING CUP MEMBERS '7 Sheets-Sheet T Patented .Fan. caress APPARATUS FOR HONING ROLLER BEARING CUP IWEMBERS Glen F. Johnson, Detroit, Micln, assignor to Bower Roller Bearing Company, Detroit, IMich., a corporation of Michigan Application May 12,1939, Serial No. 213,368

3Claims.

This invention relates, in general, to methods of honing and-apparatus therefor and, in particular, to a new and improved method and a new and improved centerless honing apparatus for honing the raceways of roller bearing members.

Machines for grinding the raceways of roller bearing members are known to exist, and the centerless type of machine is particularly well known and favored for grinding purposes. In,

this type of machine, and because the purpose of grinding is to size the work piece, the tool or grinding stone is definitely and positively held so as to prevent its recession from the work piece and so as to produce the approximately desired, though coarse, cylindrical (or conical) surface on said work piece. Both the workpiece and the tool are rotated, and, in addition, the tool is reciprocated slowly toward, from and over the work, the reciprocation being necessarily slow, not only because of the sizing operation required thereof, but because of the massiveness of the table or body supporting it.

Attempts to employ a grindingfmachine of the above type, or of any other type, in the honing of the ground raceways have proved unsuccessful, principally because the process of honpiece aboveits axis in opposition to the severe braking action caused by the necessary sizing operation of the-grinding tool, pressure means ing is as difierent from the process of grinding as are the results of each. In the first place, there is no attempt made in a honing process to hold to any particular size, so that the honing tool or stone, instead of beingheld'deflnitely and positively against the work, may be held resiliently or otherwise less positively. In the second place, a honing process does not require tool rotation, so that the tool carriage may be of lighter construction to enable, if desired, a much faster tool reciprocation than is capable of being produced in. a grinding process. In'the third place, the lack of necessity for sizingthe work piece in a honing process creates a wider selectivity of supporting means for the ,work piece than is available in agrinding process, and this advantage is very important in view of the limitations aflorded by a centerless machine. And, in the fourth place, the high machine speeds which are at present available demand'the highly finished raceway surfaces that only a honing process can produce.

Regarding the relative merits of a work support for a honing operation and one for a grinding operation, where each must be centerless or chuckless, it is readily seen that the latter must include driving means for rotating the work for maintaining said work piece against said driving means so as to insure the rotation of said work piece during said sizing operation, and ad ditional means for maintaining said work piece in a 'single transverse plane normal to its axis of rotation so asto prevent the displacement thereof from the supportzduring the grinding operation. Onthe other hand, in the work support for the honing operation, in the present instance, the above mentioned pressure means for the work piece may be disposed of, for it is proposed, in the-first place, to carry the work piece against an idle backing member at an angle to. the tool axis and to employ the effect -of this angle and the; resultant pressure of the tool which is exerted on the surface tobe honed for holding said work piece in place against said backing member, and, in the second place, to

drive the work piece about its axis of rotation by a pair of driven rollers which are supported for rotation about fixed axes and adjustable,

, preferably in diameter, so that the obtuse angle between the roller and work piece centers may approach 180?.v whereby the. angle existing between a line drawn through both roller centers and a line drawn through the work piece center and either roller center is reduced to a minimum and the driving force of the rollers upon the work piece increased to a maximum.

The angle residing between the axes of the tool and the supported work piece provides a convergent area, defined on one side by the honing surface of the tool and on the opposite side by the external surface of the work piece, in which the, work piece, during the honing thereof, is positively confined and forc bly prevented from displacing itself from the backing memher. The tool pressure, which is" substantially solely exerted by resiliency, is so exerted against the lower portion of the work piece raceway and its resultant not only adds to the existing forces and adapted for honing the ground raceways of roller bearing members and providing said raceways witha superiority of finish that will meet any present .or future demand.

Another object of this invention is to provide a new and improved method of and apparatus for honing the raceway of a roller bearing member wherein each member to be honed is automatically fed into and held in honing position while the non-rotatable tool is automatically held out of position, and whereafter the tool is brought into position, the member honed and the latter then automatically replaced by the next member to be honed.

Another object is to provide a new and improved method of and apparatus for honing a bearing member raceway wherein the bearing member being honed is held substantially externally about its axis of rotation so that said member, when honed, may be readily and automatically replaced by the next member to be honed.

Another object is to provide a new and improved method of and apparatus for honing race- Ways of roller bearing members wherein the steps of feeding the members to the honing tool, honing them thereby, and then ejecting them therefromare successively and automatically carried out and are so timed as to prevent jamming and other faults which would hinder continuous and eflicient operation and output.

Another object is to provide a new and improved method of and apparatus for honing the raceway of a roller bearing member wherein the member is rotatably supported and maintained in position during the honing thereof more effectively and by the employment of fewer means than heretofore.

Another object is to improve the manners in which and the means whereby the work pieces in a honing operation are fed, held, honed and replaced so as to assure continuity, efficiency, speed and faultlessness in the operation as a whole as well as perfection in the finished products.

Another object is to provide a new and improved method of and apparatus for finishing,

roller bearing raceways whereby the surfaces of 4 said raceways will be smoother, truer and more highly finished than heretofore and which will pass the severest inspection and meet the most critical demand.

Another object is to provide a new and imr proved honing apparatus which is automatic and be more highly finished and in which apparatus efficient in operation, which is accurately timed for faultlessly receiving, working and ejecting the work, and which requires little or no attention in its. functioning.

Another' object is to provide a new and improved honing apparatus in which the work is automatically fedinto and externally supported in honing position while the honing .tool is automatically held out of position, whereafter the tool is automatically brought into honing position, the work honed and then'automatically replaced by another piece of work to be honed, the cycle of operation being continuous, repetitive and accurately timed so as to prevent jamming and other faults which would-hinder said continuity and injure output efliciency.

Another object herein is to provide in a honing apparatus a new and improved means for holdill lines Iii-l9 in Fig. 18;

the honing tool may be more rapidly reciprocated, non-rotatively, than heretofore.

Another object is to provide a new and improved honing apparatus for the raceways of roller bearing members which is lighter in construction, automatic and more eflicient in operation, and which has a wider range of used and a greater adaptation for different types of work supports, than heretofore.

Another object is to provide a honing apparatus with a new and improved bearing support-for its reciprocable honing tool so that said tool will continue without adjustments or attention to move in accordance with its predetermined movements over long periods of operations.

Still other objects and advantages of the invention will become readily apparent from a reference to the following specification taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings of which there are seven (7) sheets and wherein: Figure 1 is a front elevational view of one form of the honing apparatus, shown partly in section and being partly broken away to illustrate more 1 clearly the arrangement of parts and the details of their construction;

Fig. 2 is a right end elevational view, partly in section, of the work-carrying section of the apparatus of Fig. 1;

Fig. 3 is a sectional view taken along the lines 3-3 of Fig. 2.

Figs. 4 and 5 are left and right end elevational views, respectively, of the apparatus of Fig. 1;

Figs. 6, 9 and 10 are enlarged sectional views taken along the lines 66, 9-9 and I 0-l0, respectively, in Fig. 1, and showing details of the tool-carrying section of the apparatus of Fig. 1;

Fig. 7 is a planview of the showing in Fig. 1, same being shown partly in section;

Fig. 8 is a sectional view taken along the lines 8-8 in Fig. 7; 1

Fig; 11 is a diagrammatical view showing the relative operative positions of the cams for driving the two major sections of the apparatus of Fig. 1;

Figs. 12 and 13 are detailed elevational and plan views, respectively, of one form of support for the work piece which may be employed in a centerless type of honing apparatus similar to that shown in the previous figures;

Figs-14 and 15 are views similar to Figs. 12 and 13 but showing another possible form of work piece support; I

Fig. 16 is a view similar to Fig. 8 but showing the honing apparatus slightly modified for rendering same capable of honing external surfaces rather than internal surfaces;

Fig. 17 is. a right end elevational view of the showing in Fig. 16;

Fig. 18 is a right end elevational view of the work-carrying end of the apparatus shown'in Fig. 16;

Fig. 19 is a sectional view Fig. 20 is a sectional view taken along the lines 20-40 in Fig. 10; and

Fig. 21 is a detail showing a pair of relative positions for the driving rollers. and work piece, the position shown in full lines being more'effective than the position shown in dot-dash lines.

In Figs-1 through 11 there is shown an aptaken along the bearing cup members. As will be seen subsequently, this apparatus is. readily modified so as to enable the external raceways of roller bearing cone members to be honed, but, for the present, the discussion will be limited to the apparatus as it appears in said Figs. 1 through 11. The apparatus comprises a base framework, generally indicated at III, for indirectly supporting the hone-carrying and work-carrying sections, gen- -erally indicated at H and I2, respectively, of the tions of said apparatus sections. The portion of base frame l which is particularly devoted to per end of said s'tem passing upwardly through a .bored boss 28 formed on the upper surface of the carriage 29, said upper end of said stern being provided with a head 29 which, among other functions to be later described, cooperates with boss 28 to limit the downward movement of stem Onto the upper surface of carriage, rearwardly of the upstanding boss 23 thereon, is

the indirect support of the hone-carrying section ll of the apparatus comprises a pair of spaced,

longitudinally extending, parallel bosses H which are formed integral with the top of said base frame below said section and provided with axial bores l5. Intermediate the bosses It is formed in the top surface of the base frame III a pair of elongated slots l6 which slots are spaced laterally as well as longitudinally from each other (see The portion of base frame l0 which is particularly devoted to the support of the. workcarrying section l2 of the apparatus comprises a pair of spaced, longitudinally extending, parallel uprights H which uprights are formed integral 'with the top of said base frame below said section. Generally speaking, the two aforesaid portions of the base frame ||i are elevated above the general height of the compartment ,.|3 defined by said base frame for properly receiving under each its respective set of the aforementioned cams.

The usual lubricant pan I8 is provided and formed integral with the base frame I 0, said pan,

- in general, surrounding said base frame and functioning in a manner typical thereof.

In each of the boresIS'provided in the bosses l4 formed on the base frame I0 is fixedly supported an elongated guide l9 which extends from a substantial distance outwardly of either end of its supporting boss, and mounted on the ends of said guides is a carriage, generally indicated at 20, said carriage having longitudinally bored boss formations 2| laterally spaced from the ends of bosses l4 andin axial alignment with said guides for freely receiving the ends of the latter andto be slidably supported thereby, the distance bemounted an elongated plate 39, said plate having formed therein an aligned pair of elongated slots 3| through which plate and slots extend bolts 32 which are threadedly engaged in the upper wall of said carriage. Slots 3| are parallel with the longitudinal axis of the guides I9 and permit plate 30, when bolts 32 are loosened from carriage 20, to be adjustably moved longitudinally with respect to said carriage, and said slots, on the other hand, prevent any turning of said plate in a horizontal plane with respect to said carriage. Horizontal turning of plate 30 is further prevented by the provision in said plate and the carriage 20 of a tongue and groove arrangement 33 (see Fig. 6). Bolts 32, when tightened, hold plate 30 in its selected adjusted position on and with respect to carriage 20. To aid the operator in obtaining precision in longitudinally adjusting plate 30 with respect to carriage 20 an upstanding boss 34 is integrally provided on said carriage adjacent the outer end of said plate and an adjusting bolt 35 is journalled at one end in said boss with its other end in threaded engagement with said end of said plate,'so that manual turning of said bolt will move said plate along said carriage in a direction in accordance with the direction said bolt is turned. The plate 30 is.

guides I9 and extends outwardly at each end from said uprights.

The ends of pin 31 support a carrier '38 for pivotal movement about a horizontal axis which is tween the inner ends of either aligned pair of bosses 2| being less than the length of either of the guides l9 and the distance between the outer ends of either aligned pair of bosses 2| being greater than the length of either of the guides Carriage 2|l, as is readily seen, is longitudinally reciprocable along its supporting guides.

lsrelatively to the base frame It, and said carriage is integrally formed on .its under surface with a pair of bosses 22 and 23 which extend substantially below the upper surface of the base frame In through the slots I6 therein for play therealong. Boss 22 is provided at its end in-any suitable. manner with a roller or-caster 24 which is rotatable aboutan axis parallel with the longitudinal axes of guides I9. Bossf-23 isprovided .with a vertical bore 25 extending therethrough, and in said' bore there is freely mounted for verticalreciprocation relative to said boss a stem '26, the lower end of said stem being Provided in parallel with the axes of guides l9, said carrier having axially aligned bearing portions 39 in which said pin ends are journalled. Carrier 38 extends forwardly from its supporting pin 31 for a substantial distance and is provided with a spring well 40 having an opening 6| in the bottom thereof through which opening a stem 42 projects. Stem 42 is threaded at both ends, one end being threadedly lodged in the 'plate 30, the other end carrying a washer-nut unit 43, and a coil spring 44 being arranged on. said stem between the unit 63 and the bottom wall of well I 40 for urging the carrier 38 downwardly about its supporting axis, the compression of said spring being adjustable by means of the nut of unit 43. The under surface of carrier 38 directly above the boss 28 formed on the carriage 2|] is integrally provided with a boss 45 (see Fig. 5) which is threadedly bored to receive a set screw 46, screw 46 extending beyondthe lower endof boss 45 andbeing vertically aligned with the heads29of stem 26 mounted in the bosses 23 and 28 on carriage 20 so that upward movement of stem 26 relatively to said carriage engages the head 29 with the lower end of screw and causes upward movement of carrier 33 about the axis of its supporting pin 31. On the upper surface of carrier 38 laterally of the axis of set screw 66 is rigidly mounted a driving motor 41 the drive shaft of which being adapted for rotation normally about a horizontal axis which is'perpendicular to those vertical planes in which lie the axes of guides l9. It should be noted, however, that motor 41 is carried by the carrier 38 andthat pivotal movement of the latter about the axis of pin 31 carries the former along with it. It should also be noted that, since the carrier 38 is supported by the plate 30, and since said plate is carried by the carriage 20, longitudinal adjustment of said plate relatively to said carriage by means of the adjusting bolt 35 at the same time longitudinally adjusts said carrier with respect to said carriage.

The actual hone-carrying portion of section II of the apparatus is directly carried by the forward wall of the carrier 38, as is clearly hown in Figs. 9, 10 and 20, and comprises an elongated housing member 48 which is formed for cooperation with said forward wall of carrier 38 to provide an elongated chamber therebetween the longitudinal axis of which being parallel with the axes of guides I9 and pin 31,

said member and carrier wall being secured together by means of bolts 59. In this chamber is disposed a pair of elongated, normally stationary rails said rails being parallel, vertically spaced, fitted against shoulder portions 52 provided therefor in the carrier 38, and held against forward displacement by the housing member 48. Arranged between the rails 5| is an elongated slide 53, and between said slide and each of the rails 5! is disposed a plurality of longitudinally aligned bearings 54 carried in a cage 54a for permitting substantially frictionless longitudinal movement of said slide relatively to said rails. .Each cage 54a is controlled in its reciprocatory movement with respect to the stationary rail 5| thereadjacent and to the re ciprocable slide 53 by means of an interconnecting link or toggle joint 541) which in eachcase is pivotally carried atone end in a recess 54c provided therefor in the adjacent rail 5|, in driving engagement intermediate its ends with the cage 54a, and in driven engagement at its other end with a recess 54d provided therefor in the slide 53. Each of the links or toggle joints 54b may consist, as shown, of integrated ball members, or it may be of continuous cross section along its length, but, in any event, their use provides not only a guide for the cages 54a and their bearings 54 but also serves to halve the amplitude and speed of the cage movement with respect to the slide movement and otherwise to control the relative movements therebetween'. Slide 53 is provided substantially centrally thereof with a longitudinally slotted opening 55 and forwardly of said opening said slide is formed witha pair of spaced parallel lugs 56. Slide 53 projects outwardly of the chamber at one end thereof through a packed opening provided in an end plate 51 secured to the carrier-38 and housing member 48, and to this projected end of said slide is rigidly secured in any suitable manner a tool or hone carrier 58 which carries a tool or hone 59, the other end of the chamber being closed by another end plate 51a.

Journalled in the carrier 38.and housing member 48' by suitable bearings is a shaft 66 the bearing 63 arranged about said eccentric within said lugs. It will be noted that the diameter of the eccentric 62 is slightly less than the length of the slotted opening 55 in slide 53 so that rotation of shaft 60 and the resulting reciprocation of said slide due to the camming action of said eccentric upon lugs 56 through bearing 63 does not cause interference between said shaft and the end walls of said slot at either limit in the movement ofsaid slide. A drive belt 64 interconnecting the pulley 6| and the drive shaft of motor 41 furnishes the rotative power for the shaft 66 so that the eccentric 62 may reciprocably drive the slide 53, such reciprocation of said slide being, of course, relative to and independent of the carrier 38 and along an axis parallel with the axes of guides IQ for the carriage 20.

Referring now particularly to the work-carrying portion l2 of the apparatus, said portion comprises acasing 65 which is mounted between the uprights IT at one end by means of axially aligned pivot pins 66 which permit movement of said casing about a horizontal axis which is perpendicular to the vertical plane which includes the longitudinal axis of the slide 53 which reciprocably carries the tool 59, said casing being adapted for security in any selectively adjusted position by means of set screws 61 which pass through arcuate slots 68 provided therefor in said uprights and into threaded engagement with said casing at the opposite end thereof. The two end walls of casing 65 carry bearings 69 (see Fig. 3) in one pair of which bearings is journalled a shaft 16 and in the other pair of which bearings is journalled a shaft H, shaft H being hollow. Though the axes of shafts l9 and H are shown as being parallel, in vertical planes which are parallel with and on opposite sides of the vertical plane which includes the longitudinal axis of the slide 53, spaced equally from said latter plane, and equianglilarly disposed with respect to the horizontal, it will subsequently become clear that said axes may be arranged out of parallelism, the present discussion, however, being limited to the apparatus having a parallel shaft arrangement. On one end of each of the shafts 10 and H outwardly of casing 65 is mounted for rotation therewith a driving pulley T2 and on the other end of each of said shafts outwardly of said casing is mounted for rotation therewith a driven roller 13, said rollers having predetermined and preferably similar diameters and being shown in the present instance, purely for the purpose of illustrating one form of the apparatus. with plain rolling surfaces, and said pulleys each being driven in thesamerotative direction by means of a common belt 14 which is in driven connection with the drive shaft of a motor 15 tiltably mounted (for belt-tightening purposes) on the upper surface of casing 65. I

In the casing 65 is supported in the ordinary bearings an idler shaft 16 (see Fig. 8), the axis of said shaft being disposed above the axes of shafts I0 and II and substantially equally spaced therefrom and in parallelism therewith. It will later become clear that the choice of parallelism between the shafts 10, II and 16 is optional and has been made simply to provide a basis for disclosing one form'of apparatus. The end of shaft 16 adjacent the ends of shafts I0 and H which support rollers I3 projects outwardly of casing 65 and is fixedly and centrally provided thereon with a cup-shaped backing member 11. said member in the. instance under discussion having an axis in alignment with the axis of shaft 18 and the, rim of said member presenting a true,

planar backing surface against which the work (to be presently described) is supported and which surface lies in a plane perpendicular to the axes of shafts 18 and H and adjacently behind the rollers 13 thereon.

To that side of casing 65 which is adjacent the rollers 13 and backing member 11 is secured the axis of said backing member and slightly thereahead. Channel 18 is so arranged as to serve as the work feeder, its discharge end being open-and disposed at a lower level than its opposite and and terminating at a position above the front roller 13 and in front of the backing member 11 so that, when the work piece 88 rolls down said feeder by gravity, said work becomes positioned against said backing member and upon the rollers 13 to be rotatively driven by the latter. Channel 19' is so arranged as to serve as the work discharger, its inlet end being open and disposed at a higher level than its opposite end and in to provide means whereby the cross sectional area of the runways defined thereby can be adjusted for accommodating'work pieces of various widths, and, although said means are not,

shown, they may comprise slots in one of the angle pieces of each channel and set screws in association with said slots in the other of said with a rearwardly directed tripper arm 85 having a laterally extending flanged section 88 which is normally disposed in the path of that work piece 88 which is next to leave the feeder channel 18 to become honed by the tool 59, said flange 86 being arcuately movable about the axis of itssupporting shaft 82 for releasing at the proper time that work piece-directly held thereby and for holding against discharge from thefeeder until the proper time that work piece next in line. Y Employedin conjunction with the above described pressure arm 88 and its roller 84 and the tripper arm 85 and its flange 86 is a kicker arm 81 having a work engaging flanged section 88 (see Fig. 3), said arm being fixedly mounted on the proper end of a shaft 89 which is freely car- 'ried concentrically within the hollow shaft 1!.

The work engaging section 88 of kicker arm 81 is disposed below the work piece 88 being rotated by the rollers 13 and'honed by the tool 59 and is operable at the proper time for raising said work piece from said rollers and discharging same into the discharge channel 19, saidsection 88, if desirable, being extended downwardly from the arm 81 for a substantial distance, as at 88, for. preventing inadvertent discharge of the next work piece from the feeder channel 18 while said' arm is at its highest position.

, 0n the end of shaft 89 opposite the end there-'- of carrying the kicker arm 81 is rigidly mounted for movement therewith a triple-armed-lever having angularly disposed arms 8|, 92 and 93 (see Figs. 2 and 4).

pivotally connected to arm 9| of lever 9I 92 angle pieces, one only of said pieces naturally being secured to the casing-65. Those angle pieces which are secured to casing 65 may, if de-' sired, be so secured as to permit adjustment of the channels toward and away from the backing member 11.

Journalled in the end walls of casing 65 and projecting outwardly therefrom is a pair of spaced shafts 8| and 82, 'said'shafts being disposed above the backing member 11 and ,on' opposite sides thereof, the axes of shafts 8| and 82 being parallel to each other and, in the present instance, to the axes of shafts 18, H and 88. On that end of shaft 8L which is adjacent the tool-carrying portion II of the apparatus is fixedly secured for movement therewith a forwardly directed pressure arm 83, said arm carrying a roller 84 which is disposed laterally of the backing member 11 and'above the work piece 88 backed up thereby, said roller being operable for honing the external raceways of roller bearing cone members. 0n the corresponding end of shaft 82 is fixedly' secured for movement there- 93, said link being longitudinally slotted at its other end, as at 95, to receive a pin 98 formed on ,a double-armed lever having arms 91 and 98, pin 98 being formed on arm 91 arid said double-armed lever 91-98 being fixedly mounted on and for rotation with the end of shaft 82 opposite the end thereof which carries the tripper arm 85. One end-of a spring 99 (see Fig. 4) is connected to arm 92 of the triple-armed lever 9I-92 93, the other end of said spring being anchored to the casing 65, as at I88, said spring constraining said lever in a clockwise direction, as shown inFig. 4. To the anchor I88 is also secured one end of a second spring III], the other end of said spring being connected to the arm 98 of the double-armed lever 9I98, said spring constraining said, lever in a counter-clockwise 1 another lever I81, said lever being rearwardly didirection, as shown in Fig 4. Into the third arm 93 of the triple-armed lever 9I-9293 is hooked one end of a connecting rod I82, the other end of said rod to be presently described and said rod intermediate its ends being pro-' vided-with any one of the well known types of turnbuckles I83 for varying at will the length of said rod.

Journalled in the side walls of base frame I8 and lubricant pan I8, below the work-carrying section I2 of the apparatus, is a pair of shafts I84 and I85, said shafts being parallel and in a horizontal plane and free to oscillate about their axes (as will later be described). A lever I86 is fixedly mounted on and for movement with the shaft I84 and to the free end of this lever is connected the free end of the connecting rod I82. Shafts I88 and Illiextendinwardly of the frame I8, and on the inner end of shaft I84 there is fixedly mounted for movement therewith rected and provided at its free end with a roller I88 which is pivotally mounted fonmovement about aflfloating axis parallel with the axes of One end of a link .88 is for normally assuming an almost coaxial alignment which, of course, exists only in the particular positions thereof shown in said figures, the rollers departing from said alignment upon movement of said levers.

Whereas the outer end of shaft I04 is provided with the lever I06, the outer end of shaft I is provided fixedly thereon for movement therewith with a lever III to the free end of which lever is connected one end of a connectin rod H2. The other end of rod H2 is connected -to a lever II3 which is fixedly mounted on and I26 and keyed thereto for driving same is a worm wheel I21 which is arranged to be driven by a worm I28 also supported by the bracket framework I 0, preferably in a manner to enable ready belt tightening, such as has already been describedwith reference to motors 41 and 15. To summarize the subject-matter in this paragraph, the motor I30'drives the worm I- through the belt IN and pulley I29, said worm drives the ,worm wheel I 21 which is fixedly I mounted on'the shaft I26. said shaft drives the pinion I which is fixedly mounted thereon. said pinion drives the large gear I24, and said gear drives the camshaft I23.

for movement with the shaft M which carries the pressure arm and roller 83-84. Rod H2 is provided intermediate its ends with a turnbuckle II4 similar in construction to turnbuckle I03 and operable for selectively varying the length of rod .II2. Lever II3 has integrally formed thereon a bifurcated bracket II5 (see Figs. 4, "I and 8) which is movable with said lever about the axis of shaft 8| and to which bracket is pivotally mounted one end of a connecting rod II6. Rod II6 extends forwardly from the bracket IIS and projects outwardly through an-opening provided therefor in the casing 65, said rod being provided telescopically with a coil spring III the ends of which abut the inner wall of said casing and a stop member I I8 fixed on said rod, the function of this arrangement being to urge the pressure roller 84 into contact with the work piece 80 being honed by the tool 53 and to oppose movement of said roller away from said work piece.

Referring now particularly to Figs. '1 and 5,

the base framework I-0 has fixed to its rear wall an upstanding bracket IIQthe upper end of which bracket forms a support for one end of a forwardly extending lever I20, lever I20 being pivotally supported thereby for movement about a floating axis parallel with the axes of guides I3. Lever I20 is disposed below the roller 21 supported on the lower end of the vertically re- Fixedly mounted on the cam shaft I23 for rotation therewith is a set of four cams I32, I33, I34 and I35. The cams. are, in general, centrally mounted with respect to themselves on the shaft I23 and laterally spaced from each other, cam, I32 underlying the roller 24 supported by the boss 22 on the carriage 20, cam I33 underlying the roller I22 which is mounted on the lever I20 and which lever in turn .is pivotally supported by the bracket H9 and in contact with the roller 21 mounted on the vertically reciprocable stem 26 supported in the bore 25 formed in the boss 23 on the carriage 20, cam -I34-underlying the roller '0 (see Fig. 1) which is supported on the lever I09 mounted on the shaft I05, and cam I35 underlying the roller I08 (see Fig. 1) which is supported on the lever I01 mounted on the shaft I04. Each cam will now plane will be perpendicular to the axis of its supporting shaft I23. Groove I36 is continuous along the circumference of cam I32 and in-, cludes a portion which departs laterally of said plane in the direction of the axis of said shaft,

said portion (see Figs. 1 and 11)' comprising a run I38 thereof which is parallel with said plane,

ciprocable stem 26 and is formed directly thereunder with a laterally extending guide plate I2I along which the roller 21 may roll durmg lateral movement of the carriage 20 which "carries the stem 26.- The free end of lever I20 is provided with a roller I22 which is so mounted on said lever as to move about an axis which is parallel with the pivotal axis of said lever.

Still referring to Figs. 1 and 5, the endwalls of base-framework I0 have journalled therein the ends of a main camshaft I23, the, axis of axes of guides I9 which support the carriage 20 for sliding movement therealong, shaft I23 carrying the cams which will presently be described. Shaft -I23 has mounted thereon for movement therewith a large driving gear- I24 therefor. In mesh with driving gear I24 for shaft I23 is a pinion I26 which is keyed or otherwise secured to an end of a shaft I26 supported for rotation about its axis by a lower portion of the bracket II8 which supports the lever I20. In spaced relation to the pinion I25 on shaft and an end point I33 of said portion. Into this circumferentially continuous groove Iii-I31- I38-I39 on cam I32 fits the roller or caster 24, and, since said roller or caster is mounted on the movable carriage 20, rotation of themain camshaft I23, which carries the cam I32, initiates lateral movement of said carriage when the commencement point I31 in said groove engages said roller. Lateral movement of the carriage 20 continues until the straight run I38 in thegroove I36 is entered by the roller 24,

A shaft I23 being horizontal and parallel with the whereafter and during the engagement of said roller with said straight run further lateral movement of said carriage ceases. At the end ofthe straight run .I38 in the groove I36 the.

return stroke of the carriage 20 begins and continues until the end point I30 in said groove reaches the roller 24, whereafter and until the commencement point I31 in said groove again direction. This means that engagement between the commencement point I3'I in the groove I36 on cam I32 and the roller 24 drives the carriage along the guides I9 to the right (as seen in Fig. l) thereby withdrawing the tool 58 from the work piece 80 being honed thereby, said tool being carried by thecarrier 38, and said carrier being carried by the carriage 20. For this reason the cam I32 will be termed the tool reciprocating cam. Naturally, one complete cycie of carriage reciprocation occurs upon each cempiete revolution of the cam shaft I23. The proper and predetermined locations of the discussed portions of the groove I35 in the cam I32 with respect to each other and to the roller or caster 24 reciprocably driven thereby will soon become apparent as to the desired timing of their co-actions with said roller.

The cam I33, which underlies the roller I22 and is driven by the camshaft I23, said roller being carried on the end of the pivoted lever I20, and said lever having the guide plate I 2i which engages the roller 27 on the lower end ofthe stem 28, is a disc-like member of constant diameter except for a high part I40 which begins, with respect to its rotative travel, at I4I on the peripheral surface of said cam and ends at I42. Since the cam I33 cooperates with roller I22 011 the pivoted lever I20, and since the plate I2I on said lever cooperates with the roller 2'! on the lower end of the stem 26 which is reciprocably mounted in the bore formed in the boss 23 on the carriage 20, engagement between the roller I22 and the high part I40 on said cam causes upward movement of said stem, the head 29 of said stem engaging the lower end of the set screw 46 mounted in the carrier 38 and forcing said carrier upwardly about the pivotal axis of its supporting pin 31.. This pivotal movement of the carrier 38 is relative to the carriage 20 sup porting it and is opposed by the spring 44 (see Fig. 6) said spring assuring the return of said carrier to its normal position when the end I42 of high part I40 on cam I33 reaches the roller I22. A complete upward and downward pivotal i.

movement of the carrier 38 naturally occurs upon each complete revolution of the camshaft I23, and because the cam I33 causes this pivotal movement of the carrier 38, which carries the tool 59, said cam will be termed the tool lifting cam.

Reference to Fig. 11, which shows a diagrammatb,

cal grouping of the cams I32, I33, I34 and I35 as they would be seen if viewed from the right side of Fig. l, discloses that, if two radial lines are drawn from the center of the shaft I23, one through the commencement point I31 of the camming portion on cam I32 and the other through the beginning point I4I of the high part angularly ahead of the former radial line with respect to the already assumed clockwise movement of the shaft I23, thereby indicating that the tool is raised from the work by the toolkiting cam I33 before the tool is withdrawn from the work by the tool reciprocating cam I32. This prevents the honed surface of the work from I40 on cam I33, the latter radial line would lie being axially-scratched by 'the' withdrawing of I the tool therefrom. Also, a radial line drawn through the center of shaft I23 and the end point I42 of the high part I40 on cam I33 would lie angularly behind a radial line drawn through the center of said shaft and the end point I39 of the cammingportion on cam I32, which indicates that the tool, by means of the cam I32, will be in a position overlying the surface of the work piece to be honed when the tool is ready to be lowered thereupon by the cammingaction of the cam I33. In-short, the-cam I32I36I3'I I38I39 is cooperable with the carrier 20 and the cam I33-I40-I4I-I42 is cooperable with the carriage 38 so-that the tool 59, which is being rapidly reciprocated by the eccentric 52 (see Fig. 10), is lowered onto the work piece after the carriage movement toward the left (see Figs. 1, '7 and 8) has been completed and is raised from said work piece before the carriage movement toward the right is commenced.-

Directly after the tool-carrying carrier 38 is raised by the tool-lifting cam I33 and the carrier-carrying carriage 20 moved away from the work to the right by the tool-reciprocating cam I32, the pressure roller 84 (if same is being employed) which is pressing against the work piece 80 being then carried by the rotating rollers I3, should be raised away from said work piece. This is accomplished by the cam I34 which is supported for rotation on and with the camshaft on cam I34 is so arranged as to engage the roller- IIO after the commencement points MI and I3I of cams I33 and I32, in this stated order, have begun their camming actions, and the resultant camming action of the cam I34 upon the roller IIO causes the lever III to move downwardly about the axis of its. supporting shaft I05 and pull (through rod H2 and lever II3) the rollercarrying end of pressure arm 83, which carries the pressure roller 84, upwardly about the axis of its supporting shaft- 8|. This upward movement of the'pressure roller-carrying end of arm 83 'is in opposition to the pressure of the spring I I1 due to the compression thereof by the movement of the bracket I I5 simultaneously with said movement of said arm. Reference ,to Fig. 11

shows that the camming action of the high part- I43 on cam I34 with the roller H0, in terminatingat I45, causes the pressure roller 84 'to be lowered before the camming actions of the cams I33 and I32 have terminated, that is, before the tool has been both horizontally and vertically reroller onto a new work piece 80 before said tool I is laterally returned to and vertically lowered upon the raceway of said new piece.

During the engagement between the roller 7 I I0 and the high part I43 on the pressure roller' lifting cam I34 the work piece 80, which has been honed by the tool 59, should be ejected from its position onthe driven rollers 'I3 so that said ejectment will occur while-the pressure roller 84 is in elevated position and when the tool itself is elevated and laterally spaced from its normal honing position. This is accomplished by the cam I35 which is mounted on and for rotation with the camshaft I23 and which cam underlies the roller I08; said roller being carried by the lever I01 which is fixedly-mounted on the shaft I04, there being the lever I06 which is also fixedly mounted on the shaft I04 and movable in accordance with the movement of lever I01. Cam I35 is disc-like in general and has a uniform diameter except for a high part I46 thereon, said high part beginning at I41 and ending at I48. Engagement between the high part I46 on cam I35 and the roller I08 causes forward movement of the rod-carrying end of lever I06 about the axis of its supporting shaft I04 (see Figs. 2 and 4), and this forward movement of said lever draws the connecting rod I02 forwardly, thus causing clockwise movement (as viewed in Fig.

2) of the triple-armed lever 9I-9293 to the arm 93 of which said rod is connected and which lever is fixedly mounted on its supporting shaft 89. This movement of the lever 9I9293 performs two functions, the first in time of which I engages the roller I08, the free end of kicker arm 81 is raised about the axis of its supporting shaft 89 and ejects the work piece 80 then being supported by the rollers 13 from said rollers into the discharge trough 19. This ejectment of the honed work piece 80 occurs, as is seen in Fig. 11,

during the combined camming actions of the straight run I38 in the groove I36 on the tool reciprocating cam I32.upon the roller 24, the high part I on the tool lifting cam I33 upon the roller I22, and the highpart I43 on the pressure roller lifting eamf-l34 upon the roller II II. In

other words, the honed work piece 80 is ejected from its driven supporting rollers 13 into the discharge trough 19 by the kicker arm 81 while the pressure roller-carrying arm 83 is in its uppermost position and while the tool carrier 58 and tool 59'are also in their uppermost positions and at their maximum lateral displacement from honing position. As is seen further in Fig. 11 (by the aforementioned employment of radial lines drawn from the center of shaft I23 through points such as I39, I42, I and I48, which are the end points, respectively, of the cams I32, I33, I34 and I35,- respectively), the end point I48 of the high part I46 on cam I35 lies ahead, in point of time, of the, end points I39, I42 and I45, thus is lowered into operative position or the tool returned both vertically and horizontally to its honing position.

Reference to Figs. 2 and 4 indicates that, when the triple-armed lever 9l--92-93 actuates the shaft 89 to raisethe kicker arm 81 to eject the honed workpiece 80, the arm'9I of said lever to which is pivotally connected one end of the link 94 draws said link rearwardlly. The opposite end of link 94 has the playconnection 95 with the pin 95 which is a part of the arm 91 of the double-armed lever 91-98, and when said play is completed the resulting direct connection'between said link and said pin causes upward movement of theflang ed end 86 of the tripper arm 85 about the axis of the shaft 82 onto which said double-armed lever and said tripper arm are fixedly mounted for movement therewith; The purpose of this play connection 9596 is to permit the kicker arm 31 to be raised before the tripper arm 85 is raised, so that there will be a complete ejection of the honed work piece from the rollers 13 before anew work piece is introduced thereto. The movement of the tripper arm is in opposition to the spring I0! and is just suiiicient to permit a work piece to roll tlierepast, and the return of said tripper arm to its normal position is commenced before the kicker arm is returned to its own normal position, because of the tension of spring IOI, so that the lower extension of the'kicker arm aids in preventing the next work piece in line in the feeder trough 18 from rolling past the lowering (or ready-tobe-=lowered) tripper arm. It will be noted in Figs. 4 and 11 that the actuating cam I35I46 I41I48 for the kicker and tripper arms 81 and 85 goes into operation after the pressure roller 84 has been raised and that it ceases operating before the roller is lowered. The cam I35I46- I41-I48 functions, therefore, to permit the ejection of finished work from the rollers 13 into the discharge trough 19 and the introduction of new work from the feeder trough 18 onto the rollers 13 without interferences or jamming. This cam I35.I46I41I48 will be termed the kicker-tripper cam.

In operation, the motor 41 reciprocably drives the non-rotatable tool 59 independently of the carriage 20 and carrier 38 through the agency of the eccentric shaft 60-62 at the desired speed,

the cages 54a frictionlessly carrying the toolsupporting slide .53 and being controlled and limited in their movementby the. links or toggle joints 54b; the motor 15 rotatably drives the shafts 10 and H which carry the work-driving rollers 13; and, the motor I30 rotatably drives the main camshaft I23 which carries the cams l32I36-I31--I3 8'I39, I33I40I4I--I42, l34--I4 3.I44 I45, and I35I46I41I48. The tool-reciprocating cam I32I36-I31-+I38 I39 operates, during a-complete revolution, to

, move the carriage 20, carrier 38 and reciprocatindicating that the kicker arm 81 is returned to its normal position before the pressure arm 83 to lower the pressure roller 84 (if same is eming tool 59 in a horizontal plane (which is disposed above the honing plane) whereby the tool is moved into and out of the area defined by the raceway to be honed; the tool-lifting cam I33-- I40-I4I-I42 operates, during a complete revolution, to lower the tool 59, after the tool-reciprocating cam has moved it into position, from vsaid horizontal plane into contact with the raceing and raising of the tool being. independent .of

the carriage 20 but dependent upon the carrier 38; the pressure roller-lifting cam I34--I43- I44-I45 operates, during a complete revolution,

ployed) into external engagement with the new work piece 80 before the tool 59 begins its honing operation and to remain lowered until after the honing has'been completed; and, the kickertripper cam I35I46-I41--I48 operates, during a complete revolution, to eject the honed workpiece and permit the introduction of a new work sition and the tool 59 is laterally and vertically tion of the cam I33-I40-l4I-I42 with respect to the roller I22, it will be noted that a slight clearance is provided between the lower end of the screw 46 and the upper surface of the stem head 29. This means, looking at Fig. 6, that the parallel.

aavdsao tool 59, when in honing position, is held against the raceway being honed through the agency of the spring 44 and is not otherwise positively held, this being for the reason that it is not desirable, in honing operations, to hold to any size or raceway diameter. The speed at which the tool 59 may be reciprocated (by the eccentric 62) is practically unlimited because such reciprocation is exclusive of the carriage 28 and carrier 38, the only members necessary to be reclprocated being the tool itself and its direct support 53-58.

- and m (similar to the rollers 13 and 84) are The support and actuating mechanism for the pressure roller 84, the roller itself and its function, may be dispensed with in the case of internal honing and should be, as will later be seen, in the case of external honing. As shown most clearly in Fig. 8, the work piece 885s supported on the rollers 13 against the backing member 11 at an angle to the horizontal or axis of the tool 59. In this position of the work piece, the honing surface of the tool and the opposing surfaces of the driving rollers define a converging space which receives and confines the work piece and prevents axial displacement of the latter from the backing member. At the same time, the tool itself exerts a resilient forcedownwardly against the surface of the work to be honed and the resultant of this force establishes a counter-clockwise movement which further tends to hold the work piece against the backing member, especially against the tipping of said piece away from said member. Since the tool is resiliently held against the work, little reliance is placed upon the ability thereof to hold said work in driven engagement with the rollers 13,.and instead, the rollers themselves are substantially exclusively relied upon for per-- forming this function. -As shown in Fig. 21, the closer the angle at the work piece center approaches a straightangle (by selectively reducing the diameters of the rollers from those shown at 13 to those shown at 1341), the smaller becomes the angle at either of the roller centers, which means the closer to unity becomes the cosine of the latter angle and, as a result, the greater the driving force of the rollers is upon the work piece 88a. Therefore, the showing inand discussion of Fig. 21 prove the lack of necessity for a pressure roller, such as 84, to insure rotation of the work piece, and the showing in and discussion of Fig. 8 prove that the work piece is satisfactorily maintained in proper position against the backing member in the manner described in this paragraph and without the employment of any other means.

As has been previously described, and as is disclosed in Figs. 1 through 11 wherever possible,

.plain, the axes of their shafts I18, I and I49 (shafts I18 and "I being driven in a manner similar to shafts 18 and H, and shaft I49 representing the pin or shaft which directly supports the roller I84 and is carried by the pressure arm 83) are arranged out of parallelism, and the work piece 88 is effectively held between the rollers I18 and I84 against the backing member 11. In Fig. 12, which figure is a view looking in the same direction as Fig. 2, that is, looking at the work-carrying section I2 of the apparatus from right to left, three planes I58, I5I and I52 are designated, plane I58 being coincident with the axis of the work piece 88 and passing through the point of contact between the roller I84 and said work piece, plane I5I being also coincident with the axis of said work piece and passing through the point of contact between said work piece and one of the rollers I13, and plane I52 being also coincident with the axis of said work piece and passing through the point of contact between said work piece and the other roller I13. Three other planes I53, I54 and I are also designated in Fig. 12, plane I53 being coincident with the axis of shaft I49 and normal to the plane I58, plane I54 being coincident with the axis of shaft HI and normal to the plane I5I and plane I55 being coincident with the axis of shaft I18 and normal to the plane I52. Then referring to Fig. 13, which is a plan view of Fig. 12, it will 'be noted that the axis of shaft I49, though lying in plane I53, intersects the plane I58 at an angle of more or less half a degree, that the axis of shaft "I, though lying in plane I54, intersects the plane I5I at a similar angle, and that the axis of shaft I18, though lying in plane I55, intersects the plane I52 at asimilar angle.

Due to the above described arrangement of the shafts I18, "I and I49 with respect to each other and tothe axis of the work piece 88, it will be seen that there isa point contact established between the work piece and the roller I13 carried by the shaft I18, a point cont-act established the axes of the shafts 18 and 1 I which carry the which in any event comprises the backing member 11 and the work-driving rollers 13 and which, if desired, may include the. pressure roller 84, the axes of said rollers, for the sole purpose of illustrating one form of the apparatus, being The center-less support for the cup members between the work piece and the roller I18 carried by the shaft I1I,-and a point contact established between the work piece and the roller I84 carried by the shaft I49. It 'will also be seen that, with the rollers rotating in the directions indicated, these point contacts tend to force and maintain .the work piece 88 against the backing member 1 1.'

Though the centerless support for the bearmg cups which is shown in Figs- 12 and 13 has been described as including the pressure roller I84, the latter may, if desired, be dispensed with without impairing to any great extent the utility and effectiveness of the resulting support.

Anotherform of centerless support for the work piece 88 is shown in Figs. 14 and 15 wherein the shafts 18 and 1i are arranged in parallelism with the axis of said work piece, as in I the form ofsupport shown in Figs. 1 through 11,

but wherein said shafts, instead of carrying plain rollers. carry externally threaded. rollers 218,

this new form of support eliminating all need for a pressure roller and providing an effective driving support for the work piece. As shown, the rollers 219 (driven similarly as rollers 19 and I19) are driven each in a clockwise direction (looking at the work-carrying end of the apparatus from the tool-carrying end), and each is provided externally with a left-hand screwformation I59. The efiect of the contact between by an intentional running of the shafts 19 and 1| at difierent speeds, though the differential arising from either or both of the first two mentioned sources is usually sufficient to give effect to the screw threaded portions I59 in holding the work piece in the position desired therefor against the backing member 11. Another feature arising from the provision of the portions 9 I59 is the polishing, to an appreciable degree, of the external surface of the work piece by the wiping action thereupon by said portions.

When the apparatus is to be used, therefore,.

in the honing of the internal raceways of roller bearinggcup members, any one of many choices of centerless supports for the work may be made. The support may comprise the shafts 10, 1I and 19 which are parallel with each other and with the axis of the work piece, the plain rollers 19 and the backing member 11 which are carried by said shafts, and it may or may not include the pressure roller and its Support which would, if employed, be parallel with said axis. Another pair of choices is where the support comprises the shafts 10, H and 19 which are parallel with each other and with the axis of the work piece, the threaded rollers 219 and the backing member 11 which are carried by said shafts, and it preferably does not include the pressure roller 84 and its support though such may be employed if desired. Still another pair ,0: choices is where the support comprises the,

shaft 19 which carries the backing member 11 and the axis of which is parallel with the axis The carriage whicli'is generally indicated at I51 and which corresponds with the carriage 29 is reciprocated toward and from the work-carrying end of the apparatus in a similar manner, by similar means and for a similar purpose as said carriage 20. The carriage I51 is supported similarly as the carriage 29 but is structurally diiferent therefrom in that the former has providedon its front and rear walls means, such as recessed bosses I58,whereby the carrier I59 which corresponds with the carrier 39 may be adjustably supported to enable said carrier .I59 to attain the elevation necessary for the work to be done thereby.

The carrier I59 carries the tool 59 in the same manner, by the same means and for reciprocation with respect to itself, as in the case of the carrier 38. The reciprocation of carrier I59 and carriage I51 is normally unitary, as in the case of carrier 38 and carriage 20. The lateral position of the carrier I59 is selectively adjustable with respectto the carriage I51, as in the case of the carrier 98 and carriage 20. Structurally, however, the carrier I59 is different from the carrier 98 in "that the base of said carrier I59 is formed with front and rear means, such as downwardly extending wall members I99, which cooperate with the recesses in the bosses I58 and guide the movement of the carrier I59 toward and from the carriage I51 in a purely vertical direction. Each of the wall members I99 is provided with means, such as a pair of laterally spaced and vertically parallel slots I9I,

.of stem 29, the tilting of the carriage I59 by the upward movement of the stem 29 being sim- 'ilar as the tilting of the carrier 38 by said stem 29. Because of the necessary difference in height of the two carriers I59 and 38, the set screw I94 is longer than the set screw 49, but this difference in lengthis the only structural difference, the set screws operating and being driven the same way in either case. It will be noted that the same clearance exists between the screw I94 and head 29 as exists between the screw 48 and head 29.

of the work piece, and it may or may not include the plain roller I84 and its support I49 which, if employed, would be out of parallelism with the shafts I10, I" and 19. It should be noted that, when non-parallel shafts are employed, the rollers have plain surfaces; which means, said another way, that the threaded, rollers 219 are preferably not employed unless the.

- 2, which means that the latter mentioned ap-' paratus may be readily and easily modified so as to present the form and structure of the former. mentioned apparatus and to operate similarly thereas.

' carriage I51 to permit this It is clear that, if it is desired to lower the carrier I59 for the purpose of rendering the apparatus disclosed in Figs, 16 through 19 oper able for honing cups rather than cones, the bolts I92 are loosened, thescrew I94 is turned into an upper position, and the base of the carrier I59 is moved downwardly into desired position, the slot I99 cooperating with the boss 28 on the downward movement.

Andnow referring to the work-carrying section of the apparatus disclosed in Figs. 16 through I9, the only differences between said section and the corresponding section illustrated in Figs. 1 through 11 will now be pointed out. In the first place, a pressure roller is not employed because the pressure of the tool 59 replaces the pressure of the roller. In the second place, the backing member I95 has perhaps a smaller diameter than the backing member 11 because the cone I99 hasa smaller diameter than its cor! responding cup 89. In the third place, the axes of the shafts 10, 'II' and I6 are in parallelism ,with each other and with the axis of the cone 6. In the fourth place, the driving rollers I which are carried by the parallel shafts 1B and H are plain and conically surfaced,- rather than cylindrically surfaced as in the cases of the rollers 13, I13 and 213, in order that the cones lfili will be properly accommodated and supported thereby. And, in the fifth place, the tool 59 presses upon (by the force of the spring M) and reciprocates" over the external surface of the cone l66-at the top thereof. Other than these exceptions the two forms of work-carrya carriage reciprocable along a given path, a support carried by said carriage for movement therewith, means A interconnecting said. carriage and said support to permit the latter to reciprocate relatively to said carriage, a carrier having front, rear and intermediate sectionsthe first-named of which is adapted for carrying-the tool in contact-with the work piece surface, 1

means interconnecting said support and said rear section to adapt said carrier for reciprocation with said 'supportand for movement relatively to the latter pivotally about an axis paring sections are identical, so that the interchangeability thereof with merely slight modifications is readily seen. Although the invention has been described with some detail it is not intended that such description is to be definitive of the limits of the inventive idea. The right is reserved to make such changes in the details of construction and arrangement of parts as will come within the purview of the attached claims.

What I claim is:

1. In a machine having a work supporting structure for rotatably supporting a work piece having an annular surface to be honed, a supporting structure for a honing tool comprising, a

carriage reciprocable along a given path, a support carried by said carriage for movement thereallel with said path, an elongated member fixed at one of its ends to said support and extending upwardly therefrom through an aperture provided therefor in said intermediate section,

the upper end of said member having abutment means thereon, a spring arranged about said member between said intermediate section and said abutment means for resiliently urging said carrier in one direction about 'said axis, and

means cooperable with said carrier and operable at predetermined intervals for moving the'iatter in opposition to said spring in the opposite direction about said axis.

3. In a machine having a work supporting structure for rotatabIy-supporting a work piece having an annular surface to be honed, a supporting structure'for a honing tool "comprising,

with, means interconnecting said carriage and I said support to permit the latterto reciprocate relatively to said carriage, a carrier having front, rear and intermediate sections thefirst-named of i which is adapted for carrying the tool in contact with the work' piece surface, means interconnecting said support and said rear section to adapt said carrier for reciprocation with said support and for movement relatively to the latter pivotally about an axis'parallel with said path, an elongated member fixed at one of its ends to said support and extending upwardly therefrom through an aperture provided therefor in said intermediate section, a

spring arranged about said member between said intermediate section and the opposite end of first-named of which is adapted for carrying the means interconnecting said support and a carriage reciprocable along'a given path, a support carried bysaid carriage vfor movement therewith, means interconnecting said carriage and said support to permit the latter to reciprocate relatively to said carriage, a carrier having front, rear and intermediate sections the provided therefor in said intermediate section,-

- the upper end of said-member having abutment said member for resiliently urging said carrier I .in one direction about said axis, and means cooperable with said carrier and operable at predetermined intervals for moving the latter in opposition to said spring in the opposite direction about said axis.

2. In a machine having a work supporting structure for rotatably supporting a work piece having an annular surface to be honed, a supporting structure for a honing tool comprising,

means thereon adjustably'movable therealong, a spring arranged about said member between said intermediate section and said abutment means for resiliently urging said carrier in one direction, about said axis, and means cooperable with said carrier and operable at predetermined intervals for moving the latter in opposition to said'spring in the opposite direction about said axis.-

' GLEN F. JOHNSON. 

